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A Butler Township man claiming to a have a bomb demanded money from a bank teller in Sugarloaf Township on Monday, only to return it minutes later after a scolding from his girlfriend, police said.

Otto C. McNab Jr., 36, of 73 E. Foothills Drive, Drums, was arraigned by Magisterial District Judge Ronald Swank in Mountain Top on Monday evening, hours after demanding money from a bank teller at Susquehanna Bank and telling the employee he had a bomb and was willing to detonate it.

"Times are tough," McNab told reporters as he was escorted by police into Swank's office Monday night. "You gotta do what you have to do to support your family."

Sugarloaf Township Officer Brent Brown said McNab was cooperative and did not put up a struggle with police, who assisted at the scene while taking him into custody at his house a few minutes after the robbery was reported.

Swank set McNab's bail at $50,000 due to the seriousness of the charges.

According to an affidavit of probable cause:

McNab entered the bank around 12:15 p.m. Monday and told the teller, "I have a bomb. Give me the money or I'm going to set it off."

He left the bank with $2,262 and returned to his vehicle, where his girlfriend sat waiting. Unaware McNab had planned to rob the bank, his girlfriend yelled at him. He returned the money and left the parking lot.

Using a description of the vehicle, police located McNab in the area of state Route 309 in Butler Township. Police took McNab into custody after stopping him as he pulled into his driveway.

In early February, McNab told police he sustained a gunshot wound to his arm after a man busted in through the kitchen door at the Foothills Drive home in a robbery. McNab told reporters a few days after the robbery that he was scuffling with the man when a gun fired and struck him in the arm. The suspects in that robbery were never located.

achristman@standardspeaker.com

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